"Turlough (lake) A turlough, or turlach, is a type of disappearing lake found mostly in limestone areas of Ireland, west of the River Shannon. The name comes from the Irish ""tur"", meaning ""dry"", with the suffix ""-lach"", meaning ""a place"" (in an abstract sense). The ""-lach"" suffix is often mistakenly spelled and/or thought to refer to the word ""loch"", the Irish, Scottish Gaelic and Scots word for ""lake"". The landforms are found in Irish karst (exposed limestone) areas. The features are almost unique to Ireland, although there is one example in Great Britain, at Cernydd Carmel near Llandeilo. They are"
"Loch Loch () is the Irish, Scottish Gaelic and Scots word for a lake or for a sea inlet. It is cognate with the Manx lough, Cornish logh, and one of the Welsh words for lake, llwch. In English English and Hiberno-English, the anglicised spelling lough is commonly found in place names; in Lowland Scots and Scottish English, the spelling ""loch"" is always used. Some lochs could also be called firths, fjords, estuaries, straits or bays. Sea-inlet lochs are often called sea lochs or sea loughs. Many loughs are connected to stories of lake-bursts, signifying their mythical origin. This name"
"with Loch Leven in Newfoundland, and Loch Leven in Saskatchewan. Loch Loch () is the Irish, Scottish Gaelic and Scots word for a lake or for a sea inlet. It is cognate with the Manx lough, Cornish logh, and one of the Welsh words for lake, llwch. In English English and Hiberno-English, the anglicised spelling lough is commonly found in place names; in Lowland Scots and Scottish English, the spelling ""loch"" is always used. Some lochs could also be called firths, fjords, estuaries, straits or bays. Sea-inlet lochs are often called sea lochs or sea loughs. Many loughs are connected"
"water – for example, the Loch Sloy scheme, and Lochs Laggan and Treig (which form part of the Lochaber hydroelectric scheme near Fort William). Other expanses are simply called reservoirs, e.g. Blackwater Reservoir above Kinlochleven. Scotland has very few bodies of water called lakes. The Lake of Menteith, an Anglicisation of the Scots ""Laich o Menteith"" meaning a ""low-lying bit of land in Menteith"", is applied to the loch there because of the similarity of the sounds of the words ""laich"" and ""lake"". Until the 19th century the body of water was known as the ""Loch of Menteith"". The Lake"
"represents a borrowing of the Brythonic word into the Northumbrian dialect of Old English. Although there is no strict size definition, a small loch is often known as a lochan (so spelled also in Scottish Gaelic; in Irish it is spelled lochán). Perhaps the most famous Scottish loch is Loch Ness, although there are other large examples such as Loch Awe, Loch Lomond and Loch Tay. Examples of sea lochs in Scotland include Loch Long, Loch Fyne, Loch Linnhe, and Loch Eriboll. Some new reservoirs for hydroelectric schemes have been given names faithful to the names for natural bodies of"
"of the Hirsel, Pressmennan Lake and Lake Louise are man-made bodies of water in Scotland known as lakes. The word ""loch"" is sometimes used as a shibboleth to identify natives of England, because the fricative sound is used in Scotland whereas most English people pronounce the word like ""lock"". As ""loch"" is a common Gaelic word, it is found as the root of several Manx place names. The United States naval port of Pearl Harbor, on the south coast of the main Hawaiian island of Oahu, is one of a complex of sea inlets. Several are named as lochs, including"
"Lake of Menteith Lake of Menteith, or Loch Inchmahome (Scottish Gaelic ""Loch Innis Mo Cholmaig""), is a loch in Scotland, located on the Carse of Stirling, the flood plain of the upper reaches of the rivers Forth and Teith, upstream of Stirling. Until the early 19th century, the more usual Scottish name of Loch of Menteith was used. On the Blaeu Atlas of Scotland, 1654, it is named as Loch Inche Mahumo. The only settlement of any size on the Lake of Menteith is Port of Menteith. There are a number of small islands in the loch. On the largest,"
"Lake of Menteith Lake of Menteith, or Loch Inchmahome (Scottish Gaelic ""Loch Innis Mo Cholmaig""), is a loch in Scotland, located on the Carse of Stirling, the flood plain of the upper reaches of the rivers Forth and Teith, upstream of Stirling. Until the early 19th century, the more usual Scottish name of Loch of Menteith was used. On the Blaeu Atlas of Scotland, 1654, it is named as Loch Inche Mahumo. The only settlement of any size on the Lake of Menteith is Port of Menteith. There are a number of small islands in the loch. On the largest,"
"was held in 1979. The planned 2010 Bonspiel was abandoned on health and safety grounds. The Lake of Menteith is often thought of as the only body of water in Scotland that is referred to as a lake. Actually, there are others, some of which are artificial bodies: Pressmennan Lake, the Lake of the Hirsel, Lake Louise (within the grounds of Skibo Castle), Raith Lake in Kirkcaldy, Upper Lake and Kelly Lake (both near Haddo House), Pitfour Lake, and Cally Lake (near Gatehouse of Fleet). There is also a sea bay near Kirkcudbright known as Manxman's Lake. Nearly all other"
"The Lady of the Lake (poem) The Lady of the Lake is a narrative poem by Sir Walter Scott, first published in 1810. Set in the Trossachs region of Scotland, it is composed of six cantos, each of which concerns the action of a single day. The poem has three main plots: the contest among three men, Roderick Dhu, James Fitz-James, and Malcolm Graeme, to win the love of Ellen Douglas; the feud and reconciliation of King James V of Scotland and James Douglas; and a war between the lowland Scots (led by James V) and the highland clans (led"
"SS Sir Walter Scott SS ""Sir Walter Scott"" is a small steamship that has provided pleasure cruises and a ferry service on Loch Katrine in the scenic Trossachs of Scotland for more than a century, and is the only surviving screw steamer in regular passenger service in Scotland. It is named after the writer Walter Scott, who set his 1810 poem Lady of the Lake, and his 1818 novel Rob Roy around Loch Katrine. In 1859 Loch Katrine became Glasgow's main water supply, connected by aqueducts and tunnels to the city more than away through a hilly landscape. The Trossachs"
"Mere (lake) Mere in English refers to a lake that is broad in relation to its depth, e.g. Martin Mere. A significant effect of its shallow depth is that for all or most of the time, it has no thermocline. The word ""mere"" is recorded in Old English as ""mere"" ″sea, lake″, corresponding to Old Saxon ""meri"", Old Low Franconian ""*meri"" (Dutch ""meer"" ″lake, pool″, Picard ""mer"" ″pool, lake″, Northern French toponymic element ""-mer""), Old High German ""mari"" / ""meri"" (German ""Meer"" ″sea″), Goth. ""mari-"", ""marei"", Old Norse ""marr"" ″sea″ (Norwegian ""mar"" ″sea″, Shetland Norn ""mar"" ″mer, deep water fishing"
"the occlusive is palatal, ""h"" is not affected by the palatality."" Loch Ewe Loch Ewe () is a sea loch in the region of Wester Ross in the Northwest Highlands of Scotland. The shores are inhabited by a traditionally Gàidhlig speaking people living in or sustained by crofting villages, the most notable of which, situated on the north-eastern shore, is the Aultbea settlement. The four-mile long River Ewe enters Loch Ewe from the following thirteen lochs of the surrounding basins (Ardlair, Slattadale and Ghruididh): Due to the rugged and inaccessible terrain in which it is located, Loch Ewe has always"
"Tarn (lake) A tarn (or corrie loch) is a mountain lake, pond or pool, formed in a cirque excavated by a glacier. A moraine may form a natural dam below a tarn. The word is derived from the Old Norse word ""tjörn"" meaning pond. Its more specific use as a mountain lake emerges as it is the commonly used term for all ponds in the upland areas of Northern England. Here, it retains a broader use, referring to any small lake or pond, regardless of its location and origin (e.g. Talkin Tarn). In Scandinavian languages, a ""tjern"" or ""tjärn"", ""tärn"""
"name of the lake has appeared in a variety of ways including Lane, Léin and Leibhinn. Sir Henry Piers believed the lake's name translated as Lake of Learning, tying in with his translation of Fore as the Town of Books. However, other sources seem more inclined to the tradition that the lake was named after the daughter of the fabled Manannán mac Lir (see Children of Lir). The lake is described in Lewis's Topographical as being an irregular oval shape, possibly long by broad. A freshwater lake, most sources focus on the clarity of the water, with the term ""gin"
"Ben Ledi Ben Ledi (Beinn Leitir in Scottish Gaelic) is a mountain in Stirlingshire, Scotland. It is 879 m (2884 ft) high, and is classified as a Corbett. It lies about 6.4 kilometres (4 miles) north-west of Callander, near the village of Kilmahog. It is situated in the Trossachs, an area often regarded as having some of the most romantic scenery in the Highlands. Ben Ledi is particularly well known through Walter Scott's poem ""Lady of the Lake"". Supposedly in ancient times, Beltane rites were observed on the summit. There are what is thought to be possible references to these"
"""meres"" (a Northern English dialect word for ""lake"" and an archaic Standard English word meaning ""a lake that is broad in relation to its depth"") such as the ""Black Lough"" in Northumberland. However, reference to the latter as ""loughs"" (lower case initial), rather than as ""lakes"", ""inlets"" and so on, is unusual. Some lochs in Southern Scotland have a Brythonic rather than Goidelic etymology, such as Loch Ryan where the Gaelic ""loch"" has replaced a Cumbric equivalent of Welsh ""llwch"". The same is perhaps the case for water bodies in Northern England named with 'Low' or 'Lough' or otherwise it"
"term applied to marauders or cattle-lifters, which Rob Roy MacGregor, a respectable cattle owner was erroneously accused of being. It is the fictional setting of Sir Walter Scott's poem ""The Lady of the Lake"" and of the subsequent opera by Gioachino Rossini, ""La donna del lago"". Robert Roy MacGregor was born at the head of the loch. Loch Katrine is now owned by Scottish Water, and has been the primary water reservoir for much of the city of Glasgow and its surrounding areas since 1859. The water level has been artificially raised by around - the loch can be drawn"
"levels mudflats get exposed in the lake. The dominant geological formation is limestone with fossils of palmetto stumps and fronds embedded in it. Tropical trees, plants and flowers enrich the reserve during summer months. The winter season provides one of the best vistas for visitors walking along the many small trails in the park. The origin of the name is uncertain, although it can probably be traced to one of several places in Scotland that have Spittal as part of their names. In the past it was also known as Brackish Pond (due to its brackish water), Peniston’s Pond (named"
"Loch Langavat Loch Langavat () is the name of several freshwater lochs in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland. The name is a Gaelic rendition of Old Norse ""lang"" ""long"" and ""vatn"", meaning ""lake"". Most of these lochs are on the island of Lewis and Harris There is another Loch Langabhat on Benbecula at , which is over long. According to Sinclair (1890), John Macaulay, known as Iain Ruadh MacDhughaill, ""was celebrated as a hunter. He was drowned in Loch Langabhat whilst swimming to an Island in the middle of that lake, an t-Eilaln Dubh. A large stone marks the spot"
"for a body of water is Insular Celtic in origin and is applied to most lakes in Scotland and to many sea inlets in the west and north of Scotland. The word is Indo-European in origin; cf. Latin ""lacus"". Lowland Scots orthography, like Scottish Gaelic, Welsh and Irish, represents with ""ch"", so the word was borrowed with identical spelling. English borrowed the word separately from a number of loughs in the previous Cumbric language areas of Northumbria and Cumbria. Earlier forms of English included the sound as ""gh"" (compare Scots ""bricht"" with English ""bright""). However, by the time Scotland and"
"Loch Awe Loch Awe (Scottish Gaelic: ""Loch Obha"") is a large body of freshwater in Argyll and Bute, Scottish Highlands. It has also given its name to a village on its banks, variously known as Loch Awe, or Lochawe. There are islands within the loch such as Innis Chonnell and Inishail. It is the third largest freshwater loch in Scotland with a surface area of . It is the longest freshwater loch in Scotland, measuring from end to end with an average width of . The loch runs approximately south-west to north-east, roughly parallel to the two sea lochs of"
"Loch Lomond Loch Lomond (; - 'Lake of the Elms') is a freshwater Scottish loch which crosses the Highland Boundary Fault, often considered the boundary between the lowlands of Central Scotland and the Highlands. Traditionally forming part of the boundary between the counties of Stirlingshire and Dunbartonshire, Loch Lomond is split between the council areas of Stirling, Argyll and Bute and West Dunbartonshire. Its southern shores are about northwest of the centre of Glasgow, Scotland's largest city. The Loch forms part of the Loch Lomond and The Trossachs National Park which was established in 2002. Loch Lomond is long and"
"major bodies of water in Scotland are known as lochs. This unusual name is believed to be due to a corruption by 16th-century Dutch cartographers of the Lowland Scots ""Laich o Menteith"", where ""laich"" simply means ""low place"". There was a Roman Fort associated with the Gask Ridge to the west of the lake. It was found by David Wilson and Kenneth St Joseph in 1968 when they were conducting an aerial survey of Flanders Moss. Following the aerial photography, ground measurements of resistance and magnetic susceptibility were taken. The site may have been known as ""Lindon"" to the Romans."
"on which his body was laid after it was taken out of the water. His bereaved mother used to visit this spot on almost every Wednesday of the year. He was born about the year 1600."" It is not clear which of the Loch Langavat's this incident refers to. Loch Langavat Loch Langavat () is the name of several freshwater lochs in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland. The name is a Gaelic rendition of Old Norse ""lang"" ""long"" and ""vatn"", meaning ""lake"". Most of these lochs are on the island of Lewis and Harris There is another Loch Langabhat on"
"Loch Leven (Highlands) Loch Leven (Scottish Gaelic: ""Loch Liobhann"") is a sea loch located on the west coast of Scotland. It is spelled ""Loch Lyon"" in Timothy Pont's map of the area and is pronounced Li' un. The local Gaelic pronunciation is Lee' oon Loch Leven extends , varying in width between and just over . It opens onto Camus a' Chois at North Ballachulish, part of Loch Linnhe at its western end. There are nine small islands, some rocky and covered with heather and some just smooth green grass, near the western end of the loch. The village of"
"Kelpie Kelpie, or water kelpie, is the Scots name given to a shape-shifting water spirit inhabiting the lochs and pools of Scotland. It has usually been described as appearing as a horse, but is able to adopt human form. Some accounts state that the kelpie retains its hooves when appearing as a human, leading to its association with the Christian idea of Satan as alluded to by Robert Burns in his 1786 poem ""Address to the Devil"". Almost every sizeable body of water in Scotland has an associated kelpie story, but the most extensively reported is that of Loch Ness."
"Kirk Kirk is a Scottish and Northern English word meaning ""church"", or more specifically, the Church of Scotland. Many place names and personal names are derived from it. As a common noun, ""kirk"" (meaning 'church') is found in Scots, Scottish English, Ulster-Scots and some English dialects, attested as a noun from the 14th century onwards, but as an element in placenames much earlier. Both words, ""kirk"" and ""church"", derive from the Koine Greek κυριακόν (δωμα) (kyriakon (dōma)) meaning ""Lord's (house)"", which was borrowed into the Germanic languages in late antiquity, possibly in the course of the Gothic missions. (Only a"
"Scotland's longest river and is 193 kilometres (120 mi) long. Lakes in Scotland are known as lochs, with the exception of the Lake of Menteith and a few man-made lakes. The largest loch is Loch Lomond and is 71.1 km (27.5 sq. mi) in area and is Britain's largest freshwater body. In Scotland, water is a plentiful resource. Scotland's numerous lochs and rivers provide all of Scotland's water needs. Like most countries, tap water is treated with chlorine to make it safe to drink. Unlike other countries, tap water charges are included in council tax. Climate change poses a major"
"by the Scots word ""law"". Examples of these include the North Berwick Law and the Traprain Law. The west coast of Scotland, in particular, is heavily indented and is scattered with fjordlike sea lochs. The east coast is more regular with series of large estuarine inlets, or firths, and long sandy beaches. Much of Scottish coastline consists of machairs, a dune pasture land formed as sea levels subsided. Scotland is bordered to the east by the North Sea and to the north and west by the Atlantic Ocean. Scotland has many rivers, lochs, reservoirs and estuaries. The River Tay is"
"Scottish watershed The Scottish watershed is the drainage divide in Scotland that separates river systems that flow to the east into the North Sea from those that flow to the west and north into the Atlantic Ocean. At a point on the summit of Ben Lomond for example, looking west all water flows to the Firth of Clyde, and looking east all water flows into the Firth of Forth. Similarly Cumbernauld is a point on this line and arguably its Gaelic name has, for hundreds of years, reflected this fact. There is some dispute however about interpretation of the Gaelic"
"Loch Linnhe Loch Linnhe () is a sea loch on the west coast of Scotland. The part upstream of Corran is known in Gaelic as ""An Linne Dhubh"" (the black pool, originally known as Loch Abar), and downstream as ""An Linne Sheileach"" (the salty pool). The name ""Linnhe"" is derived from the Gaelic word ""linne"", meaning ""pool"". Loch Linnhe follows the line of the Great Glen Fault, and is the only sea loch along the fault. About long, it opens onto the Firth of Lorne at its southwestern end. The part of the loch upstream of Corran is long and"
"or ""tjørn"" is a small natural lake, often in a forest or with vegetation closely surrounding it or growing into the tarn. Tarn (lake) A tarn (or corrie loch) is a mountain lake, pond or pool, formed in a cirque excavated by a glacier. A moraine may form a natural dam below a tarn. The word is derived from the Old Norse word ""tjörn"" meaning pond. Its more specific use as a mountain lake emerges as it is the commonly used term for all ponds in the upland areas of Northern England. Here, it retains a broader use, referring to"